An economic court in Kazakhstan has ordered a three-month suspension of an Internet site. The court ruled the website posit.kz, the site of an outfit called the National Strategy Expert Center, was posting reports "inciting inter-ethnic discord and justifying extremism." The three-month suspension came into effect on July 1.
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Thursday 3 July 2008
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Russia must pay compensation to an army conscript who was disabled after suffering "inhuman punishment" while on compulsory military service. Yevgenny Chember was awarded 10,000 euros ($15,880) in compensation by the court, based in Strasbourg, France.
The court said he was forced to do 350 knee bends in March 2001 in punishment for not cleaning his barracks properly . Chember collapsed and was taken to hospital were he was diagnosed with a spinal injury. The court reported in a summary of the case that Chember "can no longer walk properly."
The court said he was forced to do 350 knee bends in March 2001 in punishment for not cleaning his barracks properly . Chember collapsed and was taken to hospital were he was diagnosed with a spinal injury. The court reported in a summary of the case that Chember "can no longer walk properly."
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